Pizza Hut Southern California's Facebook Page suffered a little social media embarrassment Thursday night, thanks to one little checkbox.



EDIT: As of 8:30pm Thursday, after being up for at least 3 hours, the Question was deleted.



Facebook Questions is a growing favorite among Facebook Page Owners. According to EdgeRankChecker.com's Chad Whittman, "[Facebook]’s current weight hierarchy is as follows: FB Questions > Video Update > Picture Update > Link Update > Status Update." It's no surprise that a large brand such as Pizza Hut would use Facebook Questions on their Fan Page, but it is surprising when their Questions contain profanity.



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Social Media is now the fastest way to get your message across in "Real Time." Now is the time to monetize your business with a maximum return of investment (ROI.) All over the world, people are discovering that the power of Facebook and social networking is becoming a viable advertising option to market products or services. It is a revolution on how we connect with one another.



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There’s been lots of mention in the press about Facebook’s exploding popularity outside the U.S. – curr... http://amplify.com/u/a1bwp9

There’s been lots of mention in the press about Facebook’s exploding popularity outside the U.S. – currently there are over 500 million international Facebook users! But we haven’t seen any coverage about how this growth impacts the way multi-national brands think about social media marketing –until now. Based on the data we pulled from over 100,000+ promotions run on our platform, it’s clear that international users are not just using Facebook to interact with friends; they’re also on Facebook to engage with brands. This represents an enormous opportunity for global and regional brands to create targeted and relatively inexpensive viral marketing campaigns for fans throughout the world. In this post we’ll discuss the demographic trends you should be aware of, we’ll highlight some best practices for international social media marketing and we’ll showcase a very cool global campaign from Qatar Airways.



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A colleague asked me the other day: “What do you say when clients tell you they don’t have time to listen... http://amplify.com/u/a1bwp7

A colleague asked me the other day: “What do you say when clients tell you they don’t have time to listen to social media conversation?”



It’s a good question.



But it’s one I’d answer with a “why wouldn’t you want to listen?”



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Today's investment climate offers unprecedented opportunities. At Selective Benefit Specialists Inc., our mission is to help clients take advantage of those opportunities by providing them with three key tools:



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Of all the issues facing marketers when it comes to interactive strategy perhaps none is more important than determining how a social media branded page on Facebook is going to integrate with a branded website. Some brands have chosen to repurpose their website on their Facebook page but I believe this is a mistake. The people who use Facebook and friend your brand maybe a different segment then people who come to your website.



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To delegate or not? This is actually the question commonly developing in management discussions regarding bu... http://amplify.com/u/a1b2fb

To delegate or not? This is actually the question commonly developing in management discussions regarding businesses’ Social Networking Marketing Campaigns. This is a excellent question. While you will uncover numerous factors a company must consider when creating this decision. You'll uncover pro’s and con’s to outsourcing any business operation. When determining, should you delegate a function that directly impacts brand image and customer engagement? For example; Social Networking Marketing, it’s crucial that you not make any rash options. Although each situation is exclusive, we feel companies should take full advantage of outsourcing.



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It’s something of an understatement to say social media is a moving target – especially for business owne... http://amplify.com/u/a1b2f4

It’s something of an understatement to say social media is a moving target – especially for business owners. Just when you feel like you have a handle on your strategy for one social medium, another platform surfaces and forces you to re-evaluate. The latest entrant is Google+, Google’s fast-growing challenge to Facebook and Twitter.



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How can you accomplish your online branding goals as efficiently as possible?
Social Media Marketing (SMM) ha... http://amplify.com/u/a1b2er

How can you accomplish your online branding goals as efficiently as possible?

Social Media Marketing (SMM) has become a popular alternative for online business branding. Companies don't think of social sites (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin) as "websites for kids". They are valuable Internet marketing and networking resources for business. On the other hand, there are 4 major issues involved with diving into SMM without the proper knowledge and strategies. These can "make" or "break" your success in social media marketing:



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